How to Dress Up Jeans

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Mitra Chester and I'm in Deluxe Resale Boutique in Eugene, Oregon, and I'm going to talk to you today about how to dress up jeans. Jeans are fantastic because they can be worn very casually, comfortably, but they can also be dressed up for evening wear or for kind of more dressy events. So this example of what I'm wearing right now is fairly casual, I have a cuff, these are skinny jeans but it pretty much goes for all jeans. I have, this is a pretty casual belt just through the belt loops with a belt buckle and a T-shirt. So I'm going to show you how we can take this basic exact pair of jeans, pair it with some other things, and successfully pull it off for a dressier event. One thing, base thing you want to think about is usually darker jeans are considered more dressy. It's a little bit harder to pull off a dressy look with lighter jeans, although I'm not saying it's not possible. And also cuffs are fairly casual, so the first thing you probably want to do is un-cuff your pants. So I'm going to go change into some other things that exhibit how you can dress up a pair of jeans exactly like this. So as you can see, I have put the pair of jeans on that I had previously with some other things in order to dress them up. So we'll start with the feet, and the first thing I did was un-cuff my jeans and I paired them with either a dressy heel or a dressy boot to make them more appropriate for an evening wear. You can also wear a dressy flat, but basically you want to take off the sneakers. Then of course there's the top. I chose a laced kind of based top because it is a little more overly dressy. You can also do maybe a dressy tank for the summer, or even a combination of a dressy blouse and tank, but pair it with something nice, maybe a cowl neck like backless or something in order to dress it up for the evening. The other thing we can utilize is accessories and jewelry, so I've paired this with a waist belt, you could also do a dressier hip belt but take off the like through the belt loops with the big belt buckle belt, that's a little more casual. And then I have some dressier earrings and a necklace so the jewelry can also work, and of course anything you want to do to your persona in order to dress you up. If you feel confident in what you're wearing and you feel like it's appropriate for an occasion, you can pretty much pull it off! So good luck dressing up your jeans this summer!"